Newspaper-clip



M.H.MANN.

NEWSPAPB R CLIP.

(No Model.)

Patented June 2, 1896.

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NrrEn STATES ATENT OFFICE.

MICHAEL H. MANN, OF HOLYOKE, MASSACHUSETTS.

NEWSPAPER-CLIP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 561 ,410, dated June 2,1896.

Application filed December 21, 1895. Serial No. 572,898. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MIoHAnL I-I. MANN, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Holyoke, in the county of I-lampden and State ofMassachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Newspaper-Glips, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to newspapenclips, the object thereof being toprovide a clip by which a newspaper can be held in a position convenientfor the reader and one from which the paper can be quickly removed andanother inserted in its place; and it consists in a holder having atrouglrshaped opening in one side thereof and a retaining U-shaped clippivoted within said slot in the holder by one end and secured therein byits opposite end by means of a bolt on the handle of the holder, thenewspaper being secured between the said retaining-clip and the holder,all as hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the drawings forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is aperspective view of the newspaper clip embodying this invention, showinga portion of a newspaper therein. Fig. 2 is a section taken lengthwisethrough the holder and the retaining-clip. Fig. 3 is a cross-seotiontaken 011 line 3 3, Fig. 2. Fig. 4c is a cross-section taken on line 44:, Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawings, A is the holder, made of wood, preferably,and provided with a handle D. A deep groove a is cut in one face of saidholder A and there is pivoted therein at the end thereof opposite thehandle of the holder a retaining-clip 13, made, preferably, of metal, ofU shape in cross-section and through the bottom of which project pins E,which pass through the paper and into the recesses R in the holder, asshown in Figs. 2 and 3 in the drawings,wl1en the clip is brought downinto the slot a in the holder to confine the newspaper therein. In orderto retain the said clip B in its posi tion in the slot and hold thepaper securely between it and the holder A, a bolt F is let into theholder in line with the slot at therein in such position that when theclip B is swung down into the slot a the bottom of the U-shaped clip isjust below the level of the bolt F, so that when the bolt is shot out ofthe case the point thereof enters the end of the clip B, as shown inFigs. 1, 2, and 4. The said bolt may or may not be provided with thespring F, as desired.

The end of the holder opposite to the handle is provided with ascrew-eye by which the clip can be hung up, if desired.

From the above description of this newspaper-clip it will be seen thatthe newspaper is so securely held therein as to be entirely free fromany movement in the clip in a direction at right angles thereto, andhence offers a material advantage over those articles as at presentconstructed, as it is impossible for the paper to become loose and tornwhen confined as in the clip. Furthermore, said clip is of strong andlight construction and inexpensive.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

1. A newspaper-clip, consisting of a holder, provided with alongitudinal groove to receive the clip and the papers, recesses at thebottom of the groove to receive the projections on the clip, and arecess in its handle end to receive. a retaining-bolt, combined with aU-shaped clip, pivoted at one end of the groove, and provided withsharp-pointed projections which penetrate the papers, and aretaining-bolt which catches in the end of the clip, and looks it inplace, substantially as shown.

2. A newspaper-clip comprising a holder having the slot (0, therein, ametal clip,U- shaped in cross-section, and provided with pins E, lyingwithin said slot and pivoted by one end therein, and a bolt in theholder engaging the free end of the metal clip, subsubstantially asdescribed.

MICHAEL ll. MANN. Witnesses WM. H. CHAPIN, K. I. CLnMoNs.

